Allowing Plants to work for you

We see our role at Planter Services as bringing the natural benefits that plants so freely offer, into the working environment. This is of course closely coupled with the undoubted visual impact that attractively displayed plants add to contemporary décor.

It’s very easy to pick-up on the vocabulary that is so frequently used to describe environmental issues and demands and we suspect that many people are somewhat phased by this complex ‘techno-speak’ and jargon! That’s why we’ve decided to underline in everyday language the well proven and documented advantages that plants bring to our everyday lives. Going green isn’t complicated and Ian Terry Planter Services can make the first steps both painless and very appealing.

‘Plants for clean air’ is a much written statement that is in fact credited to NASA space research almost twenty years ago. However, basic schoolboy botony tells us that through the process of photsynthesis plants remove carbon dioxide from the air and replace it with pure oxygen- one of life’s primary necessities- allowing us to breathe. Of course NASA research goes much further and tells us that plants, through their sophisticated root system reomove many undesirable toxic substances from the air. Some plants, often well recognised varieties like the spathyphyllum or peace lily, sanseveria and dracaena marginata are particularly efficient and that’s why we use these popular species in our everday work.

It’s now fashionable within the business world to talk of ‘Bio-diversity’and ‘Sustainability’ both of which are to be applauded for their benefits and encouraged.Again, with little effort and supported by Planter Services you too can boast of such policies by incorporating foliage plants in and around your premises. We see diversity as ensuring that you ‘share’ your use of natural commodities in terms of both aquiring them sensibly and disposing of waste materials with sensitivity to the environment and care. There is nothing to rival foliage plants in terms of ‘bringing the outdoors in’ freshening the air along the way, muting noise levels and adding an relaxed demeanour to the sometimes stark and potentially stressful atmosphere of business meeting rooms. Statistics also indicate the positive effects of interior planting against sick building syndrome.

Ian Terry is extremely keen to ensure that all products and plant materials the company uses are recycled in an efficient manner. Waste plants removed from schemes as no longer viable are disposed of in an ecologically sensitive manner and are often returned to nature by a local authority mulching scheme. In an effort to ensure that sustainability guidelines are followed where possible plant material that has outgrown it’s location but remains healthy is re-potted for future use. Similarly, surplus drainage material, compost and containers are whenever possible stored for re-use or recycled.

Whilst occasionally necessitating pop stardom to publicise ‘Saving the rainforest’ with just a little thought and supported by Ian Terry and his team- and may we add without major pressure on your budget! –the pleasure of simple foliage plants in your workplace will can ensure that your business too can have a clear conscience in the battle to protect our environment.